Legal Opinion
Delvin White v. Jane Coplan, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 18, 2005No. 04-1044PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
In 1997, following a jury trial in New Hampshire Superior Court, Delvin White was convicted of three counts of sexual assault against two young girls and sentenced to a term of 30 to 90 years’ imprisonment. At trial he was forbidden to offer evidence that both girls had previously made such accusations against other persons, even though the state supreme court ultimately found that such prior accusations showed a reasonable probability of falsity. In this habeas appeal, White pursues his claim that this restriction violated his confrontation clause rights.
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